self-satisfaction

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé?

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self

Old English self-

Middle English self-

English self-

English satisfaction

English self-satisfaction

From self- + satisfaction.

Noun

self-satisfaction (uncountable)

1. The state of being excessively pleased with oneself; smugness.
2. A feeling of fulfillment or contentment with respect to one's own accomplishments or situation.
   • 1905, Bram Stoker, “Fore-Glimpse”, in The Man:

     Without being in any way smug she was radiant with self-satisfaction and well-doing.

Translations

being excessively pleased with oneself

• Finnish: omahyväisyys (fi)
• German: Selbstzufriedenheit (de) f
• Hungarian: önelégültség (hu)
• Polish: samozadowolenie n

contentment with one's own accomplishments or situation

• Finnish: itsetyytyväisyys (fi)
• French: autosatisfaction (fr) f
• Galician: autosatisfacción (gl) f
• German: Selbstzufriedenheit (de) f
• Greek: αυτοϊκανοποίηση (el) f (aftoïkanopoíisi)
• Hindi: आत्मसंतोष m (ātmasantoṣ)
• Irish: bogás m
• Malayalam: ആത്മസംതൃപ്തി (ātmasantr̥pti)
• Polish: zadowolenie z siebie n
• Russian: самоудовлетворе́ние (ru) n (samoudovletvorénije)

See also

• self-gratification